What’s The Q: LeBron, Trump, and the RNC
For the RNC, the California delegation is staying at the Kalahari Resort and Water Park in Sandusky, Ohio, 62 miles from Quicken Loans Arena, also known as the Q, where the convention will be held.
RNC Watch
OK, let's be real. No one in Cleveland was thinking about the RNC this week. But now that the tickertape's [...]
Hail to the King
I was born in Akron. My deathbed request for a final meal would be a Swenson’s Galley Boy, and I’d wash it down with a California. My grandfather retired from the Firestone Tire Factory and as a kid I worked for Goodyear ...
RNC Watch
Here at Belt's RNC Watch we have our eyes on the windup in Cleveland to the Republican National Convention in July [...]
Before It Was Hingetown
Hingetown was born as a branding exercise in 2013 on the warm corpse of Cleveland’s queer scene. Anchored by the brick Striebinger block at West 29th and Detroit Shoreway, and extending down West 25th...
Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook Launch Party
On Wednesday, June 22, we're hosting a launch party for The Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook! You should come. Seriously! Starting at [...]
RNC Watch
What happened this week on the road to Cleveland? Where's Donald? Trending topics on the official RNC website included "Hillary [...]
Belt Books at Chicago’s Printers Row Lit Fest, the Cleveland Flea, and more
Publishing is a funny business. Here we are, with a warehouse full of books, ready to sell them to you. But doing [...]
RNC Watch
Well. It's finally here. Summer that is, and along with it ... convention season. In just six weeks, thousands upon howevermany [...]
When The Number 9 Bus Was Like Home, And Downtown Was My Playground
I strained my neck to look down the row of occupied orange seats to see who was getting on the bus. A big crowd -- I should slide over close to the window, scrunching my book bag on my lap...
A New Cleveland Guidebook
Spend enough time reading “Best of Cleveland” listicles on the internet or browsing tourist brochures, and an image of Cleveland will likely form: a place with music, art, beer, ballgames, and skyscrapers filled with down- to-earth folks.